What Happens when a disabled Marine Corps combat veteran ends up in a high profile position in the state department?  Do policies towards vets change?  Plus, Who’s now to blame for the banking crisis? The bankers? The Federal Reserve? Congress? The White house?  Past Administrations?  Your deep dive is next on Rethinking Heroes.© Copyrights by Rethinking Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

Ep. 07-23: We hear from a man who grew up with 2 army parents and a navy seal brother.  Watching them, inspired him ….to create living quarters for thousands. | Plus, how Rethinking Heroes is wiping away a million dollars in medical debt in the name of our Vets | Open phones - on FLA’s new “no-permit-needed concealed carry gun law” what do Vets think about armed, untrained, and angry citizens at the grocery store? © Copyrights by Rethinking Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

You’ll hear from the decorated  Marine Who Did Ask and did Tell and did change policy. He’s 6 foot 4, gay, and says had the Constitution at his back. And, we’ll hear how the VA caused a female veteran to become homeless and how she bounced back as a successful entrepreneur. Plus, an LA therapist has found new ways to teach a coping toolkit for Vets with traumaThanks for reading Rethinking Heroes: Life After Duty! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.. © Copyrights by Rethinking Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

* Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA), author of Legislation To Find Alternatives For Dangerous Opioids Harming Veteran Communities. Both Rep Lou Correa (CA-46) and 3 Star General Jack Bergman (MI-01) have introduced bipartisan legislation that pushes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research on the health effects of medicinal cannabis for veterans experiencing chronic pain and symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “Throughout my district, I consistently meet veterans who depend on cannabis to manage their pain. It’s past time the VA did a formal study and began recognizing that cannabis can play a role in our veterans’ healthcare. I am honored to have Congressman Bergman, Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jon Tester, and Senator Dan Sullivan join me in taking action to help veterans in need of medical cannabis and opioid alternatives.”* With us, Attorney Dr Francis Boyle who wrote the Congressional Legislation to end Gain-of-Fuction research - in other words - weaponizing ands supercharching viruses.  He is the author of the 1989 US Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act and sounded the alarm several years ago, concluding that COVID was a fully-funded bioweapon, likely escaped from the Wuhan, china Lab.All this comes on the tail of new WHO Treaties and Amendments suggesting that the World Health Organization would be looking to override US law  in cases like the Pandemic.(From The Wall Street Journal —The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress.)* Michael Raposa, CEO, St. Vincent de Paul CARES (SVdP CARES) has partnered with hundreds of landlords – with the goal of ending housing insecurity. How this affects vets is staggering and shows a provable model of success that can be carried forward. St. Vincent de Paul CARES has been moving people into housing at a rate of almost three per day.  according to their CEO, Michael Raposa, "The price of ending homelessness is not as much as most people think it is. We can end it forever for a family for around $5,000,"  With us now  is Saint Vincent de Paul cares’s CEO Michael Raposa.  Michael, Welcome to Rethinking Heroes.* Coming War With China? DAVID VINE, is a professor at American University and works with the Overseas Base Realignment and Closure Coalition.PROF Vine's books include: Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World, and most recently The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State.© Copyrights by Rethinking Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

Greg Palast is known for his investigative reports for The Guardian, BBC Television, Rolling Stone and his string of New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Billionaires & Ballot Bandits.His latest film, “Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman” is narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen.“Doggedly independent, undaunted by power. [Palast’s] stories bite, they’re so relevant they threaten to alter history.” — Chicago TribunePalast and his hat have been seen on over 2000 media appearances. Pacifica Radio Network broadcasts his weekly Election Crimes Bulletin.Palast is known for complex undercover investigations, spanning five continents, from the Arctic to the Amazon, from the Congo to California, using the skills he learned over two decades as an investigator of corporate fraud on behalf of the US Dept of Justice, 20 attorneys general and governments from England to Brazil.Thanks for reading Rethinking Heroes: Life After Duty! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Ray McGovern, 27 year CIA analyst, is a specialist on Russia. McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years (April 1963 to August 1990), serving seven U.S. presidents.  His CIA career began under President John F. Kennedy, and lasted through the presidency of George H. W. Bush.  McGovern advised Henry Kissinger during the Richard Nixon administration, and during the Ronald Reagan administration he chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief.At his retirement in 1990, McGovern received the CIA's Intelligence Commendation Medal. He returned the medal "in protest in 2006 over CIA use of torture." 3 YEARS EARLIER, he co-founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (or VIPS). He is currently teaching a course on: “On the Morality of Whistleblowing.”© Copyrights by Rethinking Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

Greg Palast is known for his investigative reports for The Guardian, BBC Television, Rolling Stone and his string of New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. His latest film, “Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman” is narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen. “Doggedly independent, undaunted by power. [Palast’s] stories bite, they’re so relevant they threaten to alter history.” — Chicago Tribune Palast and his hat have been seen on over 2000 media appearances. Pacifica Radio Network broadcasts his weekly Election Crimes Bulletin. Palast is known for complex undercover investigations, spanning five continents, from the Arctic to the Amazon, from the Congo to California, using the skills he learned over two decades as an investigator of corporate fraud on behalf of the US Dept of Justice, 20 attorneys general and governments from England to Brazil.Thanks for reading Rethinking Heroes: Life After Duty! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Phil Tourney is one of a handful of surviving crewmembers of the USS Liberty which was attacked during the 6-Day war in 1967 by Israeli fighter jets, killing 34 with 174 wounded. Mr. Tourney is three-time president of the Liberty Veteran's Association. Apart from has written three books and co-authored another, his mission is to let the American people know what really happened the the crew of the USS Liberty during Vietnam. If they sank, as planned by US ally, Israel, WW3 would be minutes away. the surviving Phillip Tourney think Americans should know and deserve the truth. He says his shipmates died because of a crooked government faction under president Lyndon Johnson in order to ramp up the Vietnam war. Tourney says The truth is known by our government, covered up under lock and key.© Copyrights by Rethinking Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

Plus, how AI can be used to predict and assess PTSD and more | Army PSYOPS (Psychological Operations) Vet explains propaganda and gathering field intelligence | How a Vet journalist gathered 700 fellow Vet journos to start breaking stories.Rethinking Heroes: Life After Duty! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.© Copyrights by Rethinking Heroes - A Production of Rethinking Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com

1) Max Ramsey: America’s first true 6 million Dollar Man. SGT Max Ramsey, US Army, retired, served with the famed 506th Infantry, "Band of Brothers" of the 101st Airborne Division, served one tour in Iraq, and was wounded in action, in Ramadi in March 2006. Was considered America’s best candidate for a so-called bionic lower leg replacement, built of state-of-the-art tech. Key was his ability for compliance and his high intelligenceThanks for reading CARY’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. 2) Robert Vivar, of UNIFIED U.S. Deported Veterans Resource Center, helps deported Vets who were kicked out of the country after their duty - and a promise to become Americans.© Copyrights by Rethinking Heroes - A Production of Rethinking Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rethinkingheroes.substack.com